The literally scores of citizens populating the great Pine State gathered their children from Christmas-tree harvesting preparation and fly-fishing lessons to make an important announcement: The impending Portland-based NBDL team, likely to be affiliated with the Celtics, has officially been named:

Maine’s new NBA Development League team has a name: the Maine Red Claws.

Apparently the Bearded Wonders was taken.

The name, true to the state’s lobster tradition, was announced Thursday by team president and general manager Jon Jennings on The Big Jab sports radio station. The Red Claws plan to unveil their logo in the near future.

1) The Big Jab pwns WEEI.

2) The Red Claws is a great name. Lobsters! Red Auerbach! Lesser of all evils!

Also, Rajon could never play in the NBDL, there are very clear rules on who can play and how many times a NBA team can send a player back down.

1. An NBA team may assign any player on its Active List or Inactive List to play in the D-League, provided that the player has zero or one Years of Service at the time of Assignment.
2. No players may be given more than three Assignments during any season. There is no minimum or maximum length of a D-League assignment.
3. During the season, no NBA team may have more than two players on assignment at the same time.
4. A player on Assignment will be carried on the Inactive List of his NBA Team.